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AVRIL REACHES VERY HIGH SPEED TARGET

Spanish firm Talgo unveiled the avril train concept at the InnoTrans fair in Berlin, September 2012. deputy chairman Mario Oriol presented the…

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- By EURAILmag
INTERIORS – FORM & FUNCTION OVER THE YEARS

The interiors of trains have changed, slowly, like much in the railways, but surely over the past 40 years. A fact highlighted…

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- By EURAILmag
FLEET MAINTENANCE & COMMUTER RAIL

Never underestimate the importance of fleet maintenance. One of the less glamorous aspects of the railways, this activity is nonetheless fundamental to…

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- By EURAILmag
FLY ITALY & BEYOND, BY RAIL

The full-scale mock-up of the frecciarossa 1000[1], unveiled at innotrans 2012, drew flocks of visitors keen to discover the…

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- By EURAILmag
MATERIALS – INSIDE & OUT

Needs must. Over the years the rail industry has been adapting its activities to better meet the needs of the present without…

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- By EURAILmag
MODULARITY MEANS UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMERS’ NEEDS

To comply with the European non-road mobile machinery directive (NRMM), stage IIIB, and more besides, Vossloh locomotives has rolled out a…

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- By EURAILmag
BRAKE TESTING – SIMEF BOOSTS INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE

For the past several years, SNCF’s rolling stock engineering centre (CIM) has been working towards an ever-greater automation of its…

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- By Mr Richard Chavagnat, Mr Alain Nicolas, Mr Franck Bourgeteau, SNCF CIM
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